Some keep the Sabbath going to church, I keep it staying at home, with a bobolink for a chorister, and an orchard for a dome.

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"I dwell in possibility."

- Emily Dickinson

Imagination

"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and look at it, until it shines."

- Emily Dickinson

Creativity

"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."

- Emily Dickinson

Compassion

"Forever is composed of nows."

- Emily Dickinson

Time Management

"I can feel a sunshine stealing into my soul and making it all summer, and every thorn, a rose."

- Emily Dickinson

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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

- Epictetus

Contentment

"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

- A. A. Milne

Contentment

"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."

- Jason Fried

Contentment

"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

Contentment

"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."

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